The spider mites of the genus Eutetranychus Banks (Acari, Trombidiformes, Tetranychidae) from Saudi Arabia: two new species, a re-description, and a key to the world species
Author
Kamran, Muhammad
Author
Khan, Eid Muhammad
Author
Alatawi, Fahad Jaber
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.799.25541
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.799.25541
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Genus
Eutetranychus Banks
Neotetranychus (Eutetranychus)
Banks, 1917: 197.
Anychus
McGregor, 1919: 644.
Eutetranychus
Banks,
McGregor 1950
: 267.
Type species.
Tetranychus banksi
McGregor, 1914.
Diagnosis.
Based on
Meyer 1987
. The genus
Eutetranychus
can be recognized by the combination of following characters: Propodosomal setae three pairs (v2, sc1 and sc2); opisthosomal setae 10 pairs (c1−3, d1−2, e1−2, f1−2, h1); setae f1 either normally or widely spaced; anal setae (ps1-2) and para anal setae (h2-3) each two pairs; empodium absent or reduced to small rounded tiny knob; true claws pad-like; tarsi I with two or three solenidia (two solenidia closely associated with fastigial setae ft), tarsi II with one or two solenidia; coxa II with either one or two setae.